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COOK v. SURETY LIFE INS., CO.

No. 15498.

903 P.2d 708 (1995)

79 Hawai`i 403

Lucrecia F. COOK and Augustine S. Cook, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SURETY LIFE INSURANCE, COMPANY, a foreign corporation and Hilton Hotels Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

Intermediate Court of Appeals of Hawai`i.

As Amended August 30, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Carroll and Jeffry R. Buchli (Carroll, Smith & Buchli, of Counsel), Honolulu, and Melvin Caesar Belli (Belli, Belli, Brown, Monzionne, Fabbro & Zakaria, of Counsel), San Francisco, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Shelton G.W. Jim On and Henry F. Beerman (Jim On & Beerman, of Counsel), on the brief, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Hilton Hotels Corp.

David J. Dezzani and Roy J. Tjioe (Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel, of Counsel), on the brief, Honolulu, for defendant-appellee Surety Life Ins. Co.

Before ACOBA and KIRIMITSU, JJ., and PERKINS, Circuit Judge in place of WATANABE, J., Recused.

ACOBA, Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lucrecia F. Cook (Lucrecia) and her husband Plaintiff-Appellant Augustine S. Cook (Augustine) (collectively, Appellants) appeal an order granting motions to enforce settlement agreements, contending that their attorney did not have authority to settle on their behalf. We vacate the order and remand the case.

I.

Appellants initiated this case on October 17, 1988 alleging negligence by Defendant-Appellee Hilton Hotels...

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